Lisa n Tom (n James n Joseph)

Lisa writes: Meet our little buddy, the bess beetle . Click that link and scroll down to the video to hear the sound they make. It's sort of a kissy-lips noise, which I'm guessing is where they get their name. ( La bise? Un beso? ) James had been fingerpainting, thus, the red hands

Lisa writes: James's 4 year old Primary class acted out the story of the Good Samaritan. James was the Band-Aid wielding, ketchup-loving Samaritan. His teachers are Bros. Anderson (no relation) and Johnson.

Lisa writes: The boys and I visited Grandma and Grandpa over Spring Break. On Tuesday, we went to the zoo. We rode the carousel, fed goats, harassed a peacock, and gave a lizard a bath.

Lisa writes: James turned five today! For all of his birthdays so far, we've gone to the National Zoo with Grandma. This year, when I explained to James that Grandma couldn't come because Grandpa was sick, he asked if she could come by herself. I explained that somebody had to take care of Grandpa. He thought for a minute and asked if Debbie could do it. No, Debbie has to work. Could Kellen do it? No, Kellen has school, but that some mighty fine solution-oriented thinking you're doing there, kiddo. To make up for Grandma's absence, we invited one of his friends from school, Sebastian K. There are three Sebastians in his class and so the teacher tags on their last initial. James does the same. I thought it was funny to hear him calling, "Sebastian Kkkkkaaayyy!" The boys are the same size and share the same interests (dinosaurs). The weather was perfect. We found a free parking space. Nobody melted down the whole trip. A wholly perfect little birt...

James's PreKindergarten teacher, Mrs. Miranda, wrote: Spring is actually here! FINALLY!!! The class is learning about pollinators: that butterflies and bees fly from flower to flower and when they do, they get pollen on their legs, and when they land on each flower, they accidentally drop some of the pollen on their legs from other flowers, then pick up more on their legs. This helps the plant when they get pollen from other flowers. Bees use this pollen to make honey.  The class has also learned that flowers that grow on trees are called "blossoms". Today we gave each of the students a blossom so they could see the pollen. They touched the pollen and got some on their fingers - just like the butterflies and bees! Digging to the Earth's core! Note from Lisa: I am nor surprised to see that James appear to be leading the effort. Every day this week he has come home and reported that he found dinosaur bones on the playground at school.